Category Archives: Digestive Health

Acid reflux is a condition in which acid from the stomach makes its way up where it doesn’t belong, into the esophagus. The stomach’s entrance boasts a valve that opens and closes, and it’s supposed to close once food passes through. Sometimes it doesn’t close all the way, and sometimes

Food poisoning is incredibly common. It’s caused from viruses and bacteria that are found in food or water that cause illness when consumed. Viruses are more common causes of food poisoning than bacteria, with frequent offenders including norovirus and salmonella. Interestingly enough

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common digestive disorder that is characterized by symptoms like pain in the abdomen, diarrhea, gas, bloating, cramping and constipation. It’s considered a chronic and long term condition that may require regular management in some cases. This varies

Just below the liver can be found a small pouch responsible for storing the bile it produces. This little sack is called the gallbladder, and it inflates and deflates depending on how much bile it is holding in response to meal times and messages sent to it from the body

Many people are unfamiliar with candida, which is an interesting notion, because it is found on and in the body of just about everyone. In small amounts in healthy people, candida poses little threat and actually helps out with a few bodily functions such as digestion.

There are few things as inconvenient as diarrhea, a common phenomenon “loosely” defined as any bowel movements that are watery in consistency or loose in nature. Almost everyone will encounter diarrhea from time to time, most people once or twice each year

Almost everyone will experience constipation at some time during their lives or another, and for some people, constipation occurs regularly. It is not normally a serious health concern, although it can definitely be associated with serious illness

Digestive problems are said to be responsible for more missed days of work than any other ailment, and this comes as no surprise to many people given how much the human diet has changed over the last few hundred years.

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